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* FreudianExcuse: Machine goes out of his way to [[SubvertedTrope subvert the trope]]. The idea that some people are ''[[ForTheEvulz just plain twisted]]'' is one of the core ideas explored in the film.
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* FreudianExcuse: Machine goes out of his way to [[SubvertedTrope subvert [[DefiedTrope defy the trope]]. The idea that some people are ''[[ForTheEvulz just plain twisted]]'' is one of the core ideas explored in the film.
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* DisappointedByTheMotive: In the climax, Machine admits that he killed the girl because he simply wanted to, and that he likes to hurt and kill people. This enrages Tom enough to kill him.
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* FamousLastWords: The filmmaker Velvet, [[spoiler:after being shot in the neck by a .25]].
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* FamousLastWords: The filmmaker Velvet, [[spoiler:after being shot in the neck by a .25]].32]].
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* MoodWhiplash: Welles and Max finally stumble upon a purported snuff tape which shows hardcore sex followed by a grisly, real-looking murder of the victim. Horrified, they skip forward... and find that the slasher's next 'victim' is the same woman. Cue relieved, if disappointed goraning.
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* MoodWhiplash: Welles and Max finally stumble upon a purported snuff tape which shows hardcore sex followed by a grisly, real-looking murder of the victim. Horrified, they skip forward... and find that the slasher's next soon-to-be 'victim' is the same woman. Cue relieved, if disappointed goraning.groaning.
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* MoodWhiplash: Welles and Max finally stumble upon a purported snuff tape which shows hardcore sex followed by a grisly, real-looking murder of the victim. Horrified, they skip forward... and find that the slasher's next 'victim' is the same woman. Cue relieved, if disappointed goraning.
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* OnlySaneMan: In the hard - core underworld, Max California is the only one who is "normal" - he reads Truman Capote and he has dream of becominga Rock star.
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* OnlySaneMan: In the hard - core hard-core underworld, Max California is the only one who is "normal" - he reads Truman Capote and he has dream of becominga Rock star.
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* LittleUselessGun: Averted; Velvet dies after being shot in the neck by one, complaining that his death should be more dramatic.
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* PsychopathicManChild: Machine, arguably.
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* PsychopathicManChild: Machine, arguably.Machine is a sadistic pervert who kills people on film. He also still lives with his mom despite being a middle-aged guy.
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* [[spoiler: AmoralAttorney: Daniel Longdale]].
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* [[spoiler: AmoralAttorney: [[spoiler: Daniel Longdale]].Longdale arranged the creation of the SnuffFilm for his rich client and plans to kill Tom when he gets too close to the truth]].
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The movie was not set in the 70s - it includes cell phones and mentions of the internet.
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* FontAnachronism: When Joe and Charlie are watching coverage of the story on local TV. The typeface on the screen is the now-ubiquitous Microsoft computer font Arial, most recognizable by its distinctive 'R'. However Arial was not invented until 1982 and not in broad use until after 1990. The movie is set in 1979.
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* FontAnachronism: When Joe and Charlie are watching coverage of the story on local TV. The typeface on the screen is the now-ubiquitous Microsoft computer font Arial, most recognizable by its distinctive 'R'. However Arial was not invented until 1982 and not in broad use until after 1990. The movie is set in 1979.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: When Tom first investigates the underground porn rings for snuff films he is driven out at gunpoint for daring to ask for it. Others into extreme bondage rape and sell kiddy porn are likewise angry at being asked about it. It takes a real sicko to find one, and even then it's fake (simulated, no one dies.)
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* NightmareFuel: Snuff movies, bondage gores, sadistic killers...
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* NightmareFuel: Snuff movies, bondage gores, sadistic killers...
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Machine.
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Machine.
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* BookAndSwitch: This is how Welles realises Max California might be useful for him. He's hiding a copy of Truman Capote's ''InColdBlood'' behind a lurid novel, but gives himself away by underlining key passages, which you're hardly going to do with a cheap porn novel.
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* BookAndSwitch: This is how Tom Welles realises Max California might be useful for him. useful. He's hiding a copy of reading porn while working in an adult bookstore, but Welles notes he's underlining passages and calls him on it. Max is actually reading Truman Capote's ''InColdBlood'' behind a lurid novel, but gives himself away by underlining key passages, which you're hardly going to do with a cheap porn novel.''In Cold Blood''.
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* BookAndSwitch: This is how Welles realises Max California might be useful for him. He's hiding a copy of Truman Capote's ''InColdBlood'' behind a lurid novel, but gives himself away by underlining key passages, which you're hardly going to do with a cheap porn novel.
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PrivateDetective Tom Welles (NicolasCage) is hired by wealthy widow Mrs. Christian, who has discovered a reel of 8mm film in her late husband's safe that depicts what appears to be the brutal murder of a teenage girl by a hulking man in a mask. Mrs. Christian wants Welles to find out whether the incident in the film is real.
A direct-to-video "sequel" called ''[[TitleByNumber 8mm 2]]''. [[InNameOnly It has no connection]] [[TheyJustDidntCare whatsoever to the original]].
A direct-to-video "sequel" called ''[[TitleByNumber 8mm 2]]''. [[InNameOnly It has no connection]] [[TheyJustDidntCare whatsoever to the original]].
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PrivateDetective Tom Welles (NicolasCage) (Creator/NicolasCage) is hired by wealthy widow Mrs. Christian, who has discovered a reel of 8mm film in her late husband's safe that depicts what appears to be the brutal murder of a teenage girl by a hulking man in a mask. Mrs. Christian wants Welles to find out whether the incident in the film is real.
It was directed by Creator/JoelSchumacher. A direct-to-video "sequel" called ''[[TitleByNumber 8mm 2]]''. [[InNameOnly It has no connection]] [[TheyJustDidntCare whatsoever to the original]].
It was directed by Creator/JoelSchumacher. A direct-to-video "sequel" called ''[[TitleByNumber 8mm 2]]''. [[InNameOnly It has no connection]] [[TheyJustDidntCare whatsoever to the original]].
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* AxCrazy KnifeNut: Machine, the man who commited the murder on the 8mm tape. Wears a BDSM mask and likes to murder people with a long knife.
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* AxCrazy KnifeNut: Machine, the man who commited committed the murder on the 8mm tape. Wears a BDSM mask and likes to murder people with a long knife.knife.
* BaldOfEvil: Machine.
* BaldOfEvil: Machine.
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** Also NicolasCage in at least one scene.
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* NotSoHarmless: Inverted. [[spoiler:The terrible masked Machine turns out to be a glasses-wearing geekish character who [[BasementDweller lives in his mother's basement]].]]
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* NotSoHarmless: NotSoHarmlessVillain: Inverted. [[spoiler:The terrible masked Machine turns out to be a glasses-wearing geekish character who [[BasementDweller lives in his mother's basement]].]]
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** Mr Christian: TheManBehindTheMan/BiggerBad.
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** Mr Christian: TheManBehindTheMan/BiggerBad.TheManBehindTheMan / BiggerBad.
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** Mr Christian: TheManBehindTheMan.
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** Mr Christian: TheManBehindTheMan.TheManBehindTheMan/BiggerBad.
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* DivideAndConquer: [[spoiler:Welles is about to be murdered when he reveals exactly how much money -- a million dollars -- Christian paid for his snuff film. The others immediately turn on the lawyer who commissioned the film, giving Welles time to grab a weapon.]]
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* DivideAndConquer: [[spoiler:Welles is about to be murdered when he reveals exactly how much money -- a million dollars -- Mr. Christian paid for his snuff film. The others immediately turn on the lawyer who commissioned the film, giving Welles time to grab a weapon.]]
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* PosthumousCharacter: Welles spends the better part of this film trying to find out if Mary Anne Matthews is indeed one of these. [[spoiler:She is.]]
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* AntiClimacticUnmasking: [[TheDragon Machine]] is nothing more than a bald guy who does it ForTheEvulz. He even has a speech about it.
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* PsychopathicManChild: Machine, arguably.
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* TheVoiceless: Machine intially starts as this (probably because he wants to hide his identity) before having real lines.
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** [[spoiler: Daniel Longdale]]: TheEvilGenius.
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** [[spoiler: Daniel Longdale]]: Longsdale]]: TheEvilGenius.
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* [[spoiler: AmoralAttorney: Daniel Longdale]].
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* SmugSnake: Daniel Longdale.
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* SmugSnake: [[spoiler: Daniel Longdale.]]
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* FiveBadBand:
** Dino Velvet: TheBigBad.
** Machine: TheDragon.
** [[spoiler: Daniel Longdale]]: TheEvilGenius.
** Eddie Poole: TheBrute.
** Mr Christian: TheManBehindTheMan.
** Dino Velvet: TheBigBad.
** Machine: TheDragon.
** [[spoiler: Daniel Longdale]]: TheEvilGenius.
** Eddie Poole: TheBrute.
** Mr Christian: TheManBehindTheMan.
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* OnlySaneMan: In the hard - core underworld, Max California is the only one who is "normal" - he reads Truman Capote and he has dream of becominga Rock star.
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* AxCrazy: Machine, the man who commited the murder on the 8mm tape. Wears a BDSM mask and likes to murder people with a long knife.
* AxCrazy: Machine, the man who commited the murder on the 8mm tape. Wears a BDSM mask and likes to murder people with a long knife.
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